Skirt-clasp



A. WILKE'.

SKIRT CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED J L'NE 30,1921,

1,401,453. Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

513 1 Taxi-i FEB ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR WILKE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SKIRT-CLASP.

Application filed June 30, 1921.

To all whom it mm concern:

Be it known that l, ARTHUR WILKE, a citizen of Germany, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skirt-Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

The main object of this invention is the provision of a skirt clasp efiicient in use and inexpensive in cost of operation, as well as simple in construction and design.

The above and other objects will become apparent in the description below, in which like-named characters of reference refer to like-named parts in the drawings.

Referring briefly to the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevational view of one form of one of the members of my clasp.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the other member of the clasp.

Fig. 4 is a front elevational view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a View illustrating another form of the member mentioned in the brief description of Fig. 1, showing also the manner of using the clasp.

Fig. 6 shows the clasp applied to a skirt.

Referring now in detail to the drawings, the numeral 1 represents the back or supporting stem of one member of the clasp, said back being secured to the skirt through holes 1 therefor provided. The upper end of the member is bent as shown to provide a tongue 2 substantially parallel to the back 1, and said ton e is impressed with an inclined, substantlally oblong boss 3 on the inner side of said to e. The back 1 may be long, as shown in igs. 1 and 2, for slender women, or short, s shown in Fig. 5, for stout women.

The member described is locked upon the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 2'7, 1921.

Serial No. 481,453.

member about to be described in the manner which will become apparent. Said sec ond member comprises a plate 4 having holes 5 therethrough for securing the same to the skirt. A series of parallel, inclined bosses similar to the boss 3, shown at 6, are provided on said plate. The distance between adjacent bosses 6 is substantially the same as the width of the boss 3.

In use, the two members of the clasp are secured to the respective ends of the belt or waist of the skirt, as seen in Fig. 6. Said ends are then drawn together to the desired positions, and then the boss 3 is slid into po sition between a pair of adjacent bosses 6, into the position shown in Fig. 5. It is apparent that in this position the clasp is securely looked, as the portion of the member 1 joining the back with the tongue 2, prevents the boss 3 from slipping out at the bottom of the bosses 6, while the tension of the waist of the skirt causes the boss 3 to press against the adjacent boss 6 and thus prevents the boss 3 from rising against the inclined side of said adjacent boss 6.

I claim:

A device of the class described comprising a pair of members adapted to be locked together, one of said members consisting of a back portion having a tongue extending from the upper end thereof and lying substantially parallel to said back portion, a relatively oblong-shaped boss on the inner side of said tongue, the other of said members consisting of a plate having a series of inclined, mutually parallel, substantially oblong-shaped bosses thereon, said firstnamed boss being adapted to engage said plate between a pair of said second-named bosses.

In witness whereof I aflix my signature.

ARTHUR WILKE. 

